Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/22


 * ... that in 1995, René Fasel of Switzerland became the first ever representative of ice hockey to become a member of the International Olympic Committee?
 * ... that Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt was the first woman to throw a shot put more than 19 meters in the Summer Olympic Games?
 * ... that Ukrainian runner Yuliya Krevsun ended her track career in 2005 to start a family, but later made a comeback and reached the 800 metres final at the Beijing Olympics?
 * ... that while training to become a mountain guide, former Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Karine Ruby was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc?
 * ...that the Olympic ice hockey tournament was nearly canceled when two hockey teams from the United States arrived in St. Moritz, Switzerland, to compete in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games?